November 4, 2013  The first ever YouTube Music Video Awards were, in short, a charming mess. And while Arcade Fire leader Win Butler's cameo as "Winye West" deserves its due — alongside the unscripted moments from hosts Jason Schwartzman and Reggie Watts — the majority of the night's memorable chaos came via the "live music videos" overseen by the ceremony's creative director Spike Jonze. …Read on

November 2, 2013  M.I.A.'s radical chic got a boost last night when she enlisted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to open her New York City show at Terminal 5, reports MusicFeeds. With his image projected onto a massive screen on stage, the embattled hacktivist joined M.I.A. …Read on

November 1, 2013  M.I.A.'s Matangi is streaming in full right now, days ahead of its formal release. The Sri Lankan singer-rapper's drama-plagued fourth album doesn't drop until November 5, but the artist born Maya Arulpragasam has put the whole 15-track LP online. …Read on

November 1, 2013  M.I.A.'s hookup with Toronto R&B lothario the Weeknd is as unusual as you might expect. When the London-born artist shared the track list for upcoming album Matangi, which lands on November 5 via Interscope, the noirish crooner born Abel Tesfaye wasn't listed. But reports of his involvement on two tracks surfaced in mid-October, and M.I.A. …Read on

October 21, 2013  M.I.A.'s Drake-busting new single "Y.A.L.A." is (for) now streaming in full via the YouTube clip below. The track trolls the YOLO philosophy of the Ellen-approved Nothing Was the Same star via its titular acronym, which stands for "You Always Live Again" Toward the end of the song, Maya drawls, "YOLO? I don't even know anymore. What that mean though? If you only live once, why we keep doing the same shit? …Read on

October 18, 2013  M.I.A.'s upcoming, long-delayed fourth album shares its name with Matangi, the Hindu goddess of music and learning. The title may reflect a newfound spirituality for the Sri Lankan artist (whose birth name, Mathangi, also derives from "Matangi"), but M.I.A. didn't find faith through some fit of divine inspiration. She discovered it — where else? …Read on

September 24, 2013  M.I.A.-related developments are more or less akin to what some parts of the country like to say about their weather: If you don't like it, wait an hour, and it'll be different. …Read on

September 19, 2013  Way back in February 2012, a certain Sri Lankan rapper raised a few hackles by flashing a finger during a certain televised football game. Sure, it was the ever-controversial M.I.A., the middle digit specifically, and Super Bowl XLVI, which drew nearly 167 million viewers via NBC's broadcast. But the world shrugged it off and moved on. …Read on